In a report released this past weekend, it seems that two Canadian diplomats who were held hostage by al Qaida in Mali in 2008 were released in exchange for 4 captured terrorists and an unspecified amount of money.
While I'm glad that the two Canadian diplomats are free, exchanging hostages for captured terrorists and or money will only encourage more hostage taking. Canada.com
The freedom of two Canadian diplomats taken hostage in Africa was secured earlier this year in exchange for four terrorists as well as a cash payment, according to a report published Saturday.
The Globe and Mail reported that diplomats Robert Fowler and Luis Guay were released from captivity in Mali after four members of al-Qaida were set free.
The newspaper report cited high-ranking government sources in Mali and said that one of the four released terrorists was a bomb-maker.[...]
After his release, Fowler stirred up an political storm by suggesting a UN employee or the Niger government betrayed him and ``shopped'' him to his kidnappers.
Fowler also told CBC at the time that his captors "got something" in exchange for his release.
"I didn't get out because I was a nice guy. They are not in the business of humanitarian gestures," he said. "But beyond that, who did what, how, where and for whom, I don't know."
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